An Adventure

part in persuading her to gain the King’s permission for the acting of

the politically dangerous play of _Le Mariage de Figaro_. The King had long refused to allow it, saying that it would cause the Bastille to be taken. The earlier version of the same play, _Le Barbier de Séville_,[21] was last acted at Trianon (August 19th, 1785), just at the beginning of the diamond necklace epis...